Waist-lining.



Patented Aug. I3, 5901!; J. NEWBMUER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,675, dated August13, 1901.

Application filed June 5, 1900. Serial No. 19,177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jnssn NEWBAUER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city and county of San Francisco, in the State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Close-FittingVaist- Linings for Ladies Wear, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved closefittin g waist-lining forWrappers, shirt-waists, and other similar garments for ladies wear; andthe invention has for its object to provide a waist-lining that willadjust itself or accommodate itself without alteration to differentmeasurements of bust and waist, whereby the same garment will fitseveral different persons who may vary in dimensions of bust or waist,or both, and where the other measurements of the garment-such as theneck, the sleeves, and the length of waist or skirt-are suitable.

To this end my said improvement consists in a waist-lining of theclose-fitting kind formed of inelastic material and having inserted bustand waist sections of elastic material in the front, said elasticsections extending from the waist-line to points above the bust andopposite the armpits, but no higher, as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim at the end of this specification.

The following description explains at length the manner in which 1construct, apply, and produce this improved Waist-lining, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents, in front View, a close-fittingwaist-lining for a ladys wrapper formed in accordance with my invention,the garment proper covering the waist-lining being indicated by dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a back view of the waist-lining.

The front sections a, the back 1), and the sides 0 of the waist-liningare formed of ordinary lining material, such as cotton fabric, which ispractically inelastic, and the parts are out to size according to thepattern used and meet over the shoulders and beneath the armpits.

In each front section CL of the body is inserted in an opening cutawayon corresponding outlines a pear-shaped sect-ion cl of elastic material,with the large end of curvilinear outline at the top and with thecontracted portion extending downward therefrom to the waist-line.

The elastic section dis united to the inelastic material composing thefront (t by a lapseam and rows of stitching along the edges, and thetop, being approximately circular in outline 0r corresponding to thesegment of a circle, is so placed that the chord or the great esthorizontal diameter thereof is situated on a transverse line extendingacross the front from one armpit to the other and on a median linerunning through the center of the bust or substantially on such line.The specific location of the widest portion of the elastic section (Z atthis point prevents the lining from cutting the wearer under the armsand causes it to accommodate itself to abnormally large busts. tractedportion of the elastic section extends downwardly ingradually-converging lines to the bottom of the waist. In this form thecurvilinear or rounded outline of the section (IV, surrounding or takingin the projecting breast portion, will by virtue of its elastic qualitystretch to a greater or less degree, corresponding to the size of thebust, while the contracted portion (Z below, yielding in like manner,will allow the lining to expand on the waist-line.

Knit or woven ribbed fabric is a good material to use for the sections(1, as the same has the advantage of being washable and will ordinarilybe found to possess the desired elastic quality and to retain it to adegree sufficient to draw and retain the waist to a proper fit.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A waist-lining for ladies wear consisting of From this top portion theconthe back, sides, and front sections of inelastions continuingdownwardly from the breast tic material meeting over the shoulders andto the bottom of the waist. 10 under the armpits; and the insertedsections In testimony that I claim the foregoing I of elastic materialin the front, said elastic have hereunto set my hand and seal.

5 sections having enlarged upper portions of JESSE NEWBAUER. [L. s]

curvilinear outline circumscribing the breasts Witnesses: with theirgreatest horizontal diameters op- EDWARD E. OSBORN,

posite the armpits, and contracted lower por- HARRY J. LASK.

